US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:35:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pompeo asks Vatican to be 'serious' on China https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/10/12/pompeo-vatican-china/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:51:55 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=131473 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called on the Vatican to be "serious" in addressing religious persecution in China, on the heels of a visit in which Pope Francis did not meet him. Pompeo, an evangelical Protestant and staunch critic of China, in a radio interview drew an implicit contrast between Francis and Read more

Pompeo asks Vatican to be ‘serious' on China... Read more]]> US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called on the Vatican to be "serious" in addressing religious persecution in China, on the heels of a visit in which Pope Francis did not meet him.

Pompeo, an evangelical Protestant and staunch critic of China, in a radio interview drew an implicit contrast between Francis and John Paul II — a hero of conservative Catholics whom President Donald Trump is courting ahead of November 3 elections.

"John Paul II was an important part of turning the tide and creating freedom in Europe and the destruction of the Soviet Union and the freedom of the people that were oppressed by the Soviet Union," Pompeo told conservative host Hugh Hewitt. Read more

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